The first 2011 winter Bitterns have returned to Rye Meads nature reserve, in Hertfordshire. Just one week after 1000 small silver rudd were released into the lagoon to provide much needed food for fish eating bird the first bittern has been seen at the RSPB reserve. The bittern is one of the UK’s rarest birds, and they frequently over winter in the Lee Valley. Last … [Read more...] about First winter bitterns return to Rye Meads
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Artist records plants at Dungerness
The plant life at the RSPB reserve at Dungerness is being used in a new art project by a local artist. Rare plant life at RSPB Dungeness nature reserve and Romney Marsh is being recorded as part of an innovative art project using DNA profiling. Nicholette Goff explores the natural landscape, not through traditional methods of painting or drawing, but by creating artwork … [Read more...] about Artist records plants at Dungerness
Medway is home for Med gulls
Mediterranean gulls are increasingly choosing the Medway Estuary as a place to breed the RSPB has reported. Recent surveys of the estuary identified over 200 breeding pairs of this protected bird, which accounts for over one third of the entire UK breeding population. The greatest concentrations were found on the RSPB reserve at Nor Marsh. RSPB wardens Gordon Allison and … [Read more...] about Medway is home for Med gulls